Garment bag



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E. FARKASH ET AL.

` .QARMENT BAG Filed Sept. 22 1'924 Tql. n E

Lgf/M Patented Dec. 21, 1926.

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EDWARD FARKASH AND DAVID ROSENTHAL, OF NEVI YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNORS TO HERMAN RINGEL, OF NEWARK, NEVI JERSEY.

GARMENT BAG. l

Application filed September 22, 1924.

The present invention relates to garment bags, and is more particularly directed tolvard an improved side opening garment The type of garment bags, to which the present invention may be advantageously applied, are generally made of paper, and are provided with a top bar or cross member of some rigid material-such as a wooden stick-which carries the side walls ofthe bag to give it form. This bar or cross member is associated with a bag hook and a garment support or supports in such a rmanner that the garments impose no appreciable strain on the paper side walls of the bag. A garment hanger and garment may be inserted through the open side of the bag, as it hangs on the bag hook, and the hangerplaced in position on the support provided for it. The garments hang tree of the paper walls which function as an envelope to keep out dust and moths.

In orderv to economize closet space and re duce the cost, it is desirable to provide as narrow a bag as will conveniently hold the garments. It is also desirable to arrange the garment supporting devices so that a narrow bag may care tor several garments. Devices hereto-.tore available for this purpose have either made the bag too bulky, or the garment supports were such as to permit a garmenthook to accidentally tall oit, thereby dropping the garment through the bottom of the bag.

These bags are, of course` comparatively large` articles and must be folded for shipment and sale. It is therefore desirable that they should be so arranged as to facilitate their Jfolding, and to accomplish these purposes, the bag is provided, according to lthe present invention, with an improved arrangement of parts for supporting'the garments which permits several garments to be carried in a. narrow bag when open, and `which does not render the bag bulky to intertere with compact folding and packing.

Another object of the present invention is `to provide a side opening garment bag lwith an improvediclosure device for the open side of the bagfwhich will securely hold the bag closed when desired, or permit readily open-V ing the bag. 1t contemplates a closure Serial No. 739,000.

which permits the bag to have a small though suiiicient amount of lateral eXtensibility adjacent the closure so that injurious strains on the material of the bag are avoided. The bag is thereby given a longer life and permitted to safely carry a number of garments. It also contemplates a closure which is inexpensive, positive in operation and susceptible of rapid and easy assembly without requiring a high degree of accuracy in the placing of the parts.

The accompanying drawings show, tor purposes of illustration, one of the many embodiments in which the present invention may take form.

In these drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a side opening garment bag embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a section showing the garment supporting devices, and taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 at an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a section showing the mode of closing of the bag, and taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 at an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4: is an enlarged elevational view of the closure device in normal position;

Fig. 5 is a. view similar to Fig. 4 with the closure device swung out of position and illustrating how it permits the bag to be laterally eXtensible; and

Fig. 6 is a detail of a blank for one part of the closure.

The bag 10 is preferably made out of paper. though it may, if desired, be made out of cloth. It has a front wall 11 and a back or rear wall 12 both ot which extend from the top 13 to the bottom 14 of the bag. One side 15 of the bag and the bottom edge 16 are closed in any preferable manner. The walls of the bag pass over a supporting bar or cross member 17 of wood or other suitable material and are adapted to hang from the sides of this bar in the 1usual manner.

Thebar 17 is provided with a centrally disposed vertical hole 18 through which a bag hook 19 is passed. The lower end ot the hook is headed as shown at 2O and a garment support- 21 is attached to the hook above this head. In ord-er that the garment support may swing about the axis ot the hook it is preferably' mounted loosely so as NIU to swivel on the hook. This support 21 may oe made in any convenient manner, as, for example, from bent wire or a casting. If of Wire, it has two eyes 22 and 23 at its ends through which the bag hook passes. The lower part 24. of the garment support is sufficiently wide to permit several garment hangers to be placed thereon. By mounting the garment support 21 on a swivel, it is capable of swinging to any desired position. It may be across the bag, as Lshown in Fig. 2, when the garments are to be hung on it, or it may be turned at right angles, as indicated in Fig. 1, when the bag is to be folded for packing. This permits one to provide a wide garment support, and to move it to a position where it does not interfere with packing. The bag hook 19 may be tightly or loosely mounted in the cross bar. If it is loose, the point of the hook may be turned so that the bag may be hung from rods or hooks at any angle to the plane of the bag. The bag and its content-smay be ltJwistedabout without tending to injure the As shown in the drawings the right hand edge 25 o the bag is so constructed that it may be opened for the insertion and re moval of the garments. In order that the bagmay be dust and vermin tight, this open side must be securely closed. As here shown. the marginal portions of the side walls 11 and 12 are creased at 27, 27', 28 and 28 so that these ortions may be folded on themselves to eectively close` the bag. A hook 29 is attached to the material of the back wall of the bag between the creases 27 and 28. A convenient way to attach this hook is to pass a rivet 30 through the paper and a. protecting washer 31. The body of the hook extends across the folds 27-27 to enter the lower end 32 ot a receiver or eye 33 which is pivotally mounted on a rivet 34, this rivet being passed through the material of the front wall 11 ot the bag and a protecting washer 3,5. This receiver may be made in any convenient. manner. It is here shown as being made from a stamping 36` illustrated in Fig. 6. The stamping is cut away as indicated at 37 to accommodate the hook 29.

It is contemplated that a suitable number of these closure devices may be used depending upon the size of the bag. Inasmuch as Q both the hook and receiver are swingingly mounted, it is obvious that they need not be accurately located on the material of the bag. This expedities manufacture as it eliminates precision. The provision of swinging members also economizes in the manufacture ot the bag because it reduces the number of riveting operations.

When the bag is filled with garments, the walls will be separated and there will be some tendency to pull the closure, so as to unfold the margins of the bag. The present device permits a` considerable lateral movement of the parts of the bag, for the receiver may swing on its pivot, as is indicated in Figure 5. The hook and receiver are held together by gravity. The folds may stretch and swing the receiver'. This renders the bag more serviceable as it reduces the possibility of tearing the paper about the rivets of the hook or eye.

lVhen the bag is to be packed for shipment, the margins of the walls 11 and 12 are preferably -folded to reduce the size of the package and the closure devices connected so as to indicate to the purchaser their operation. The body of the bag is folded about llorizontal creases suitably located across the Tt is obvious that the invention may he embodied in many forms and constructions, and we wish it to be understood that the particular form shown is only one of the many forms. Various modifications and changes being possible, we do not limit ourselves in any way with respect thereto.

What is claimed is:

1. A closure for side opening garment bags, or the like comprising a swingingly supported hook, and a swingingly supported receiver for the hook, the receiver being horizontally swingable to accommodate the hook in various positions, and the hook being vertically swingable to enter the receiver.

2. In a. side opening garment bag, a closure comprising a swingingly supported hook, and a swingingly supported receiver for the hook, the receiver being horizontally swingable to accommodate the hook in various positions, and the hook being vertically swingable to enter the receiver, a supporting bar across the top of the bag, and a. garment support swiveled on a vert1- cal axis and supported underneath the bar.

3. A closure device for side opening garment bags, or the like, comprising a'hook pivoted at one end to the material of theV bag, a receiver for the hook suspended from a pivot above and to one side of the hook pivot, the hook being swingable in and out of the receiver, each of said parts being swingable upon displacement of its pivotal support.

el.. A side opening garment bag having a bag supporting hook extending upwardly from the top of the bag, a garment support carried inside the bag in aposition to support garment hangers inserted through the open side of the bag, and means for closing the open side of the bag, said means including a swinging hook and a cooperative swinging eye to receive the hook, one of said parts swinging horizontally and the other vertically.

5. A side opening garment bag having a bag supporting hook lextending upwardly from the top of the bag, a garment support carried inside the bag in a position to support garment hangers inserted through the open side of the bag, said garment support being mounted on a Vertical axis and carried from the bag hook, and cooperative hook and eye members pivotally mounted on the material of the bag and so disposed that one may swing to permit the bag to be extended 10 laterally.

ED'WARD FARIMSH. DAVID ROSENTHAL. 

